tion we protested against the surgical arrogance which dogmatically affirmed that hyperchlorhydria is the medical term for the surgical condition, duodenal ulcer, and we are glad to note that the author has so far altered the expression of his view as to inform us that by hyperchlorhydria he means the clinical symptom complex included by physicians under the term, not the mere chemical fact of ...

Dr J C Adams (1871-1951), at the time of the award of his MD degree, 15 July 191 1. It was in 191 1 that Adams submitted his MD thesis to the Queen's University of Belfast. Regrettably, the original has now disappeared, but Baron was able to read it in 1969 and now tells us that Adams had carefully studied 20 patients with proven duodenal ulcer. Fourteen of these, including many with pyloric st...

The efficacy of Vasa (Adhatoda vasica) in the form of syrup against Non-ulcer Dyspepsia (Amiapitta) through a clinical trial is attempted here. This trial showed hopeful results. The drug has reduced the total and free HCL in the patients of hyperacidity and hyperchlorhydria.

This volume includes subjects from hyperchlorhydria to leucorrhcea. It would seem that the original estimate of eleven volumes was optimistic, as at volume VII we are not half-way through the alphabet.* This volume is by far the fattest so far issued, but the actual number of pages is not far above the average. There are an unusually large number of plates. The first chapter is by Professor Hen...